Bagshot, The Jolly Farmer Inn 1906

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Caption for Bagshot, The Jolly Farmer Inn 1906

We are closer to Bagshot village, and we see Higgs Lane to the
left, and the High Street in the distance. The road is now called
the London Road, and most of the cottages in this picture are still
there today.

Memories of Bagshot

The house in the background is Pinewood, built by my great grandfather, Sir Howard Elphinstone, VC, KGB etc. He was one of the first soldiers in the Crimean War to win a VC. His VC is now in the Imperial War Museum. He was born near Riga, Latvia (then Livonia) in 1829. He was educated in Germany, before the family moved ...Read full memory

My father was promoted to the rank of Sergeant in the Surrey Constabulary. We were moved from Coldharbour in Surrey to the police house in Bagshot. My father is Eric Shields and was the police Sergeant for Bagshot, Windlesham and Lightwater until his retirement in 1979. We lived in the police house (on the left ...Read full memory

London road in Bagshot has changed little there is extension on cricketers now premier inn . the building across the road half built?
further down on right side is huge nursing home title Sunrise .
Bagshot private park royalty still there. the old police station now archaeology centre never seen anyone there? twelve London rd ...Read full memory

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